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Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners' Danza appeared to be trainer Todd Pletcher's second string in Saturday's Grade 1, $1 million Arkansas Derby, but the 41-1 longshot got the last laugh when rolling to a 4 3/4-length decision and sparking an $84.60 win mutuel. Launching his challenge along the rail on the far turn, Danza headed the Bob Baffert-trained favorite Bayern, drew off to earn 100 points, and booked his spot in the Kentucky Derby.
With the Grade 1, $750,000 Blue Grass being the target since the Breeders' Cup, Dance With Fate delivered the best performance of his career Saturday, rallying past Medal Count to win going away by 1 3/4 lengths on Keeneland's Polytrack. The Peter Eurton-trained colt registered his first stakes victory and earned 100 points toward a possible Kentucky Derby bid.
Wildcat Red, who finished a solid second in the Florida Derby on March 29, will continue preparing for the Triple Crown at Gulfstream Park until April 22. The Jose Garoffalo-trained colt is slated to return to the work tab at Gulfstream on April 20.
Ready to Act, winner of the grassy Sweetest Chant at Gulfstream Park in her lone 2014 start, headlines a field of eight three-year-old fillies entered for Sunday's 29th running of the Grade 2, $200,000 Beaumont at Keeneland.
Saturday's Grade 1, $750,000 Blue Grass offers 170 points on the road to the $2 million Kentucky Derby, but for trainer Peter Eurton, the points are the furthest thing from his mind with Dance With Fate.
California Chrome unleashed his move entering the stretch run of Saturday's Santa Anita Derby, blowing away the competition with another dazzling turn of foot, and established himself as the likely Kentucky Derby favorite.
A total of 15 sophomores were entered on Wednesday at Keeneland for the Grade 1, $750,000 Blue Grass Stakes, which takes place on Saturday going nine furlongs over that Lexington, Kentucky, venue's Polytrack. Only 14 will be allowed to line up, leaving unbeaten Divine Oath on the outside looking in and hoping for a withdrawal.
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has a chance to win the Grade 1, $1 million Arkansas Derby for a second time in three years on Saturday, and again with a speedy colt who will have made his debut only three months previously.
By Gary West, special to KentuckyDerby.com
Unless Pegasus suddenly appears out of nowhere, the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands has its favorite. A flashy Californian with a modest provenance and a venerable trainer will be the center of attention when he arrives in Kentucky.
California Chrome has earned the honor. Saturday, he won the Santa Anita Derby with the fifth fastest clocking (1:47.52) in the race's history, running the final three-eighths of a mile in 36.71 seconds and winning by more than five lengths while being geared down in the final yards. It was his fourth consecutive stakes victory, his domination measured in the accumulative margin of more than 24 lengths.
With the win and the 100 points it earned him, California Chrome assumed the top spot on the leaderboard. He has 150 qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby, followed by Vicar's In Trouble with 120 and Wicked Strong, who won Saturday's Wood Memorial, with 102. And while Mike Battaglia, the Churchill oddsmaker, has yet to make it official, consensus and universal acclaim have clearly established California Chrome as the Derby favorite. His win Saturday dispelled all doubt, for it was his best performance yet, which means it was the best performance by a 3-year-old this year.
After a crowded start Saturday at Santa Anita, he quickly assumed a stalking position just outside the early leader, Dublin Up. And just to California Chrome's outside, Candy Boy was close, less than a length from the lead. Dublin Up led the field through moderate fractions – 47.02 seconds for the opening half-mile and 1:10.81 for three-quarters. On the backstretch, California Chrome dragged jockey Victor Espinoza up to the leader, and they were on even terms entering the second turn, where California Chrome began to assert his superiority. With a fourth quarter-mile in about 24.20, California Chrome quickly opened up a five-length advantage. Hoppertunity, who waited momentarily behind the leading trio, outfinished the others to be second, and Candy Boy, who offered little in the stretch, checked in another 3 ½ lengths behind the runner-up.
The pace was casual (the opening half-mile for the Santa Anita Oaks was 47.38, and for a two-turn optional claimer early on the card it was 45.77), and the surface, as usual, kindly favored speedsters (six of the seven winners on the main track either had the lead or were disputing it after an opening half-mile). Such circumstances might plant seeds of doubt about California Chrome's ability to succeed at the next, longer step, at 1 ¼ miles at Churchill Downs, where the pace is likely to be stronger (relatively, when adjusted) and the track less kind. Still, by any measure, his effort was outstanding. After some crowding, he nimbly put himself in the race. And then he dominated a strong field that included the winners of the Rebel and the Robert Lewis Stakes. His 1:47.52 for the 1 1/8 miles was the fastest running of the Santa Anita Derby since Indian Charlie's 1:47 in 1998. Of subtle but vital significance, California Chrome ran the second turn strongly – with a fourth quarter-mile that was as fast as his second – and that's typically where horses win the Kentucky Derby, with an athletic move around the second turn. He put the race away by mid-stretch, and, again, that's typically how the Kentucky Derby is won. As for his success going farther, yes, Santa Anita played to his style and his game, but he didn't win with just his speed; he finished fastest of all. In fact, his final three-eighths of the Santa Anita Derby was faster than Constitution's 36.76 in the Florida Derby and Wicked Strong's 37.35 in the Wood and Vicar's In Trouble's 38.63 in the Louisiana Derby.
The day after the Santa Anita Derby, California Chrome's 77-year-old trainer, Art Sherman, said the handsome Cal-bred tried to bite him repeatedly, which, all things considered, was a good sign. With his stable based at Los Alamitos, Sherman lives in a retirement community in Rancho Bernardo. In 1955, as the exercise rider, he accompanied the great Swaps to Kentucky; Swaps, of course, defeated Nashua to win the roses. And soon Sherman will return to Kentucky, with another chestnut and hoping for a similar outcome.
Wicked Strong also turned in a powerful effort Saturday while winning the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct. Highly regarded when the season began because of a third-place finish in the Remsen Stakes, Wicked Strong disappointed in two efforts at Gulfstream Park before returning to New York. He obviously didn't appreciate the Florida sunshine or the Gulfstream surface. But he took a major step forward Saturday, rallying four-wide, storming by the leading trio to win by 3 ½ lengths and completing the 1 1/8 miles in 1:49.31, the fastest clocking for the Wood since Bellamy Road's 1:47.16 in 2005.
The effort suggested that Wicked Strong would go to Kentucky as one of the horses who's indeed within reach of the sort of effort that's typically required to win the Derby. He had a solid pace in front of him Saturday, and he'll need a lively pace, of course, if he's to enjoy any success in Kentucky, but he's likely to get it. And although he does his best running on the straight – he ran the final furlong in 12.52 seconds – he can run the turn effectively, as was evident by his fourth quarter-mile in 24.83. Keep in mind when comparing his Wood to other preps that the Aqueduct surface was much slower than, say, Santa Anita's, more than seven lengths slower at 1 1/8 miles and about 3 ½ lengths slower at a half-mile. And when he arrives in Kentucky, Wicked Strong will be preparing to make his first start as a 3-year-old, which might sound strange, but he was actually foaled, or born, on April 28. In other words, Wicked Strong is moving forward and developing at just the right time.
Samraat, the King of Queens, finished second, losing for the first time in his career; although he fought gamely, he had little left for the final furlong, where he trundled home in 13.28 seconds. And Social Inclusion, the 8-5 favorite who was making only the third start of his career after two sensational victories in Florida, faltered badly in deep stretch. After stalking, he rolled to the lead with apparent ease and was clear by 1 ½ lengths with a furlong to run, but finished third, a nose behind Samraat and 1 ½ lengths ahead of Schivarelli. Still, Social Inclusion was impressive. Coming from Florida, where he raced over a surface that carried his speed along, he probably wasn't prepared to run 1 1/8 miles over a much more demanding track, against much stronger company than he ever had seen and when he couldn't easily control the pace. He should move forward in his next start. Social Inclusion has a bright future, but he also has only 20 qualifying points for the Derby. Having to wait until the Preakness to join the Triple Crown fray wouldn't be the worst thing that could happen to the lightly raced colt.
Jamie Osborne, trainer of U.A.E. Derby winner Toast of New York, has revealed the colt will be bypassing the May 3 Kentucky Derby and instead point for the June 7 Epsom Derby, for which he was supplemented for £8,000 on Tuesday.
About 12 hours before the University of Kentucky plays for the NCAA championship in men's basketball Monday night, a Thoroughbred at Keeneland with UK connections turned in his final work for Saturday's Grade 1, $750,000 Blue Grass. All American Horses' Casiguapo, a Sightseeing colt who was bred by UK, worked three furlongs on the Polytrack in a bullet :34 4/5 with Hector Salazar up for Calder-based trainer Mario Morales. (Click here to watch a video of the work.)
Racing has itself a Rock Star. He's California Chrome, who on Saturday started on the path of legends, winning the Santa Anita Derby in breathtaking fashion, overpowering seven rivals, including well-regarded stakes winners Hoppertunity and Candy Boy. He was all but eased up at the end of a mile and an eighth, floating home by 5 1/4 lengths under a nonchalant Victor Espinoza.
Call it Superman compared to Clark Kent.
Trainer Jimmy Jerkens was still basking this morning in the glow of Wicked Strong's emphatic victory over previously undefeated Samraat and Social Inclusion in Saturday's Grade 1, $1 million TwinSpires.com Wood Memorial.
Samraat, who suffered his first career defeat when second by 3 1/2 lengths to Wicked Strong in Saturday's Grade 1 TwinSpires.com Wood Memorial, will breeze twice at Aqueduct before he departs for Louisville, Kentucky, to compete May 3 in the Kentucky Derby, trainer Rick Violette said Sunday morning.
Owner Ron Sanchez looked anything but dismayed that his beaten 8-5 favorite Social Inclusion didn't win the 90th running of the Grade 1 TwinSpires.com Wood Memorial on Saturday. On the contrary, he was delighted with his colt's third-place finish behind Wicked Strong and Samraat after clearing off by 1 1/2 lengths at the top of the stretch.
Ride On Curlin had his last major drill Sunday in preparation for his expected start in the Grade 1, $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1) this coming Saturday. The son of 2007 Arkansas Derby winner Curlin breezed seven furlongs in 1:26 4/5 over the fast track with exercise rider Brian Beccia on board.
At 9 a.m. (EDT) Sunday at Keeneland, Big Bazinga worked four furlongs in :47 3/5 over the Polytrack with Brian Hernandez Jr. aboard as he continues to prepare for Saturday's Grade 1, $750,000 Blue Grass.
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Rosalind and Room Service, who provided the first dead-heat in a Grade 1 race in Keeneland history on Saturday in the Ashland, emerged from the race in good order, according to trainers Ken McPeek and Wayne Catalano, respectively.
Steven Coburn and Perry Martin's homebred California Chrome clinched his status as the probable favorite for the Kentucky Derby with another dazzling display in Saturday's Grade 1, $1,000,750 Santa Anita Derby. Sent off as the 3-5 favorite in the wake of three straight romps, the Art Sherman trainee left his rivals toiling turning into the stretch and won in hand by 5 1/4 lengths.
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Investors focusing on the tapering question probably are missing the bigger picture about Federal Reserve policy and how it will continue to shape financial markets.
The central bank itself has been insistent recently that the $85 billion a month in bond purchases surrounding the tapering question are the less relevant of the two main prongs—the other being the near-zero funds rate—of the historically easy monetary policy since the financial crisis.
Still, investors continue to focus on Long-Scale Asset Purchases—known formally as quantitative easing and less so as money-printing—while not paying enough attention to the more important question of forward guidance and how that affects the interest rate picture.
"This taper thing is a ruse," said Kevin Ferry, president of Cronus Futures Management in Chicago and author of the Contrarian Corner blog. "If you really put the question to (investors of what tapering means), they don't have the answers."
Aside from mild relief rallies the likes of which came Tuesday, markets have been wobbly since essentially mid-June when Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke provided the first vivid clues about when the Fed would begin to pull back on the third leg of QE.
(Read more: Taper Tipoff? Bernanke Hints Easing End Is Nearing)
But what the market is getting wrong is the impact such a pullback might have.
Even if the Fed does begin tapering, it will do so only in a gradual manner of maybe $10 billion a month—"like missing one day of (Permanent Open Market Operations)," Ferry said—while continuing to engineer a low interest rate environment.
It seeks to achieve the latter objective in part through forward guidance of where it will go with interest rates.
Though Bernanke has been clear that the asset purchases will unwind well in advance of an increase in interest rates, the market hasn't listened.
Instead, it has pushed up the 10-year Treasury note yield past 2.8 percent from 2.33 percent when Bernanke delivered the first tapering comments. Yields also have risen in other global markets in response to the Fed's anticipated course, with the decline in India's rupee currency of particular concern.
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This is the main danger with Fed policy—that day when the central bank begins to lose control of the rate structure and the market takes over.
Ferry said the Fed is actually subverting its goals through the use of forward guidance, which projects at this point that the Fed will keep rates where they are well into 2015. It has set a 6.5 percent unemployment rate and 2.5 percent inflation wall as the point where rates could start increasing, but Fed economic forecasting has been consistently inaccurate through the years.
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"Forward guidance is causing a spot on the horizon two years out, beyond which is chaos," Ferry said. "I'm anti-transparency in this mode and anti-forward guidance, because forward guidance is holding down the feedback loop that markets will give the Fed."
"What they're saying is our forecasts go out the window after 2015, because the market doesn't align with those forecasts now," he added.
Markets will be paying special attention to the Fed this week as two important events hit: The release of minutes from the July meeting Wednesday, followed by the Kansas City Fed summit at Jackson Hole, Wyo., starting Thursday.
The minutes will provide a further peek into the mindset of the 12-member Open Markets Committee, which ultimately sets Fed policy under Bernanke's guidance.
(Read more: Looking for Fedclues? Forget about Jackson Hole)
By contrast, any significant news out of Jackson Hole likely will move markets only because so little is expected, with Bernanke not attending and Vice Chairman Janet Yellen—a possible Bernanke successor—not on the docket to make any policy speeches.
"Changes in the minutes that would suggest a heightened probability of enhanced forward guidance could include many members emphasizing the importance of keeping the overall level of monetary accommodation high, despite a shift in the 'mix' of accommodation, to borrow Chairman Bernanke's phrase," Goldman Sachs economist Kris Dawsey said in a note to clients.
Dawsey predicted that the debate over QE against forward guidance "will continue to be a hot topic at this year's (Jackson Hole) conference."
A market looking for guidance is likely to susceptible to any level of surprise in policy.
"Investors need to get comfortable with the idea that the Fed is going to taper," said Kristina Hooper, U.S. head of investment and client strategies for Allianz Global Investors. "We've had some time to digest it. And it's going to happen eventually. But it's also important to understand that monetary policy will remain accommodative and supportive of risk assets."
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Longview Regional Medical center will present to the community its first completed phase of their ongoing expansion with a formal expansion reveal ceremony set for Tuesday, September 10 at 10 am. The reveal ceremony is open to the public and guests will be able to take a tour of the hospitals new expanded areas. These …
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MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Central Michigan gymnastics opens their Mid-American Conference schedule at home against Ball State on Sunday, Jan. 26, at 1 p.m.
Last year, the Chippewas traveled to BSU for their MAC opener and saw CMU's 34-meet MAC winning streak snapped against the Cardinals. The final score landed the Chippewas a few tenths behind Ball State, 194.500-194.175.
"I think our team is looking forward to getting into conference action," CMU head coach Jerry Reighard said. "We know that we made too many mistakes last week and I want to see our this group responds this week. We have not put together four strong events yet this season, so that will be a big focus against Ball State."
Ball State has competed in three meets this season withtwo home meets (Illinois State and Iowa) and one meet on the road at the Kentucky Classic. The underclassmen create a majority of the Ball State roster this season, welcoming back seven sophomores and bringing in eight freshman. The Cardinals also return six juniors and two seniors, Kristin Vignola and Leah Wilson.
Ball State is competing under first-year head coach Joanna Saleem for the 2014 season. Last year Ball State went 3-3 in the MAC and came in 7th at the MAC Championship competition.
Ball State heads to Northern Illinois for their first MAC team competition of the season on Friday, Jan. 24.
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• Sunday's meet is "Flip for a Cure" as CMU gymnastics work to raise money and awareness for cancer research. Fans can donate by buying pink gear before the meet which will include a free ticket. They can also visit a donation site by clicking here. CMU gymnasts and coaches will wear pink gear before and during the meet.
• Last week Central Michigan beat William and Mary as junior Halle Moraw led CMU to a win against the Tribes (193.950-188.700). Moraw finished first on floor exercise with a season best of 9.900 and tied Taylor Noonan and Emily Heinz for a first place finish on beam (9.775). The Chippewas finished the meet on floor with a season best score of 49.125. Moraw dominated the top spot on floor, followed by Preslee Harrald in second and Taylor Bolender in third.
• Junior Halle Moraw was named this week's Members First Credit Union Scholar-Athlete of the week and the Mid-American Conference Co-Specialist of the Week. This is the second straight week that a CMU gymnast was honored by the MAC, after Emily Heinz was named MAC Gymnast of the Week last week. Moraw's performance in last weeks meet against William and Mary proved her strength and leadership as a returning gymnast for the Chippewas. This is the second time in Moraw has been named Specialist of the Week.
• Central Michigan gymnastics has started their season strong with three home meet wins. The Chippewas will compete in a series of five home meets in a row before hitting the road to Ypsilanti, Mich., where they will go head to head with Eastern Michigan. Central Michigan will host the Illinois/Michigan Invite on Saturday, Feb. 1.


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Good book for makers
By Sammy
from Roma, IT
About Me Designer, Developer, Maker
Comments about oreilly Make: Electronics:
I used this very interesting book for understand how a drone works and how to realize it. This book contains all about this and much much more. I suggest this book to all makers with good manual practice.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Great Intro To Electronics
By dtrotzjr
from Spokane, WA
About Me Developer, Maker
I had a basic understanding of electronics so the first couple of chapters were a bit elementary for me and I was worried I got to basic of a book, but I stuck it through and found this to be one of the best introductory texts I have read on the subject.The author does a great job explaining things in a way that is easy to understand and has great illustrations to go along with the descriptions.There are also a lot of really informative sidebars that do a great job bringing in more information and go a long way breaking up the longer sections.My only beef is that the author likes to use PUT components in his experiments which are a bit antiquated, and hard to find, but he explains why and then he says you can use transistors to build a put but fails to explain how. But that was enough info to get me interested since I had no immediate access to the PUT and I was able to build one using two transistors. You can buy all the components at RadioShack if you want but in two kits. They are pricy but I think actually learning to search for the components on my own was a better exercise for me anyway ;-)
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The 'must have' book for newcomers.
By kevanf1
from Cheslyn Hay, Staffordshire, UK
About Me Electronics Newcomer, Maker
I have been trying to learn electronics for the best part of 40 yrs (I'm nearly 51). Sure, I've made stuff out of electronic components even a working fishing bite detector. I bought Tandy (Radio Shack) electronic kits as a child. I didn't understand anything. Over the years I've kept trying to fully understand the workings of the various components not just to piece them together like a jigsaw puzzle from a kit. I wanted to know just what a resistor, a capacitor or a transistor does. Finally I do know and better still I understand. I'd recommend this book to any newcomer to electronics. It instructs without getting too technical too soon. Sure, there is some technical nitty gritty but it's there to help you understand and it does, help. Best of all this book is not condescending. It is relevant whether the reader is 9, 29 or 59 years old. It is that accessible. As for the negative comments? What? Sorry, are we talking about the same book?
(4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)
Best Book for the Novice
By 7805 Destroyer
from Missouri City, TX
About Me Hobbyist
I've never written a review for anything. Having read the few negative comments, however, I thought that I should toss my two cents in.My feeling is that if you want to learn about Electronics from a book alone and you are a raw novice (such as myself), there is nothing out there that is better and I have read through a few. The author seems to anticipate the uncertainty that a new electronics hobbyist may have and stresses those points.Regarding mistakes. I have the first edition from December 2009. It was actually printed in July, 2011 and incorporates many of the corrections in the associated errata page. Nonetheless, I think I may have found a couple of minor technical issues in the latter part of the book (I'm still waiting for a resolution). However by that point I had gained enough knowledge to prove to myself what the issues were and effect a workaround. So even in these instances I would rate the material presented in the book a success.The bottom line for me is that this book started dispensing practical knowledge and hands-on experience almost from the beginning which is exactly what I was looking for.
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Great book, everything works for me...
By sgwv
from Beckley WV
About Me Developer
I've read the prior comments that were negative. I don't understand why things did not work for them. I have worked each project and spent time grasping the concepts the author was presenting. I think the book is well written.
(7 of 27 customers found this review helpful)
nothing will aggravate you more
By arghhh
from windsor CT
About Me Everyday Reader
When you get to experiment 10 everything will stop working. None of the schematics will be easy to build, or work with the exact parts the book tells you to use. The resistor values will all be wrong and you'll spend days trying to make it work with no reply from the publisher.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
(6 of 21 customers found this review helpful)
By bwackv
from new york, ny
Terrible recommended electronics pack! Setting up the first 8 experiments is next to impossible using alligator clips unless you want to spend hours on end. No explanation of an easy way to use this basic equipment, so it fails on a very fundamental level as a how to book. After you get away from the early experiments (if you can handle the presumptuousness of the author for expecting you to somehow set the early experiments up), it's good.
(7 of 8 customers found this review helpful)
This book belongs in your library!
By Wayne
from Arkansas
About Me Designer, Developer, Educator, Hacker, Maker
Make: Electronics, by Charles Platt, is an incredible book for anyone who is curious about electronics. This book guides you through a variety of experiments, beginning with simple experiments like "tasting" electricity and making a battery with lemons, lighting an LED with a battery, and then quickly (but not too quickly!) moving into more advanced topics such as using relays, creating timers, soldering, integrated circuits, electromagnetism, stepper motors, and even some PICAXE programming. It has high-quality color pictures and diagrams, and great explanations.Make: Electronics blows most other electronics introductions out of the water. I was given a copy of Electronics Projects for Dummies, but that book was so dry I couldn't bring myself to try any of the projects. Charles Platt writes an incredibly informative and entertaining book - if you are looking to buy a beginners guide to electronics, your search is over. If you are buying this book for someone with just a spark of curiosity about electronics (even yourself), after they finish this book, they just may be addicted. This book is excellent - 5/5!
(3 of 5 customers found this review helpful)
Virtualy no Jargon GREAT!
By Shined
from Christchurch, New Zealand
About Me Designer, Developer, Sys Admin
Its very simple if you want a good intoduction to Electronics and a text that is simple to read and easy to grasp you can't go wrong with this book, I thought the content would be beneath me even though my Electrical knowledge was very limited, I was very wrong this book teaches in a clear concise way with easy to follow examples even if you don't build the Circuits you will find that you will understand them. This is the way learning should be.
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For the Serious Beginner
By Bill Byrd
from Chattanooga, TN
One reviewer regretted the cost associated with components needed to do the projects. I sympathize, but, it wouldn't be much of a learning experience if all the experiments could be done with some paper clips, a battery, and some hot glue. So you will need some "lab" materials. Here's a tip I wish had been in the book: Spend a few hours going through the book to see which experiments you think are "too obvious" and which ones will actually help you understand. Then order only those components. I looked at several vendors but finally decided to take a chance on Newark[@]. My lucky day. There site is easy for hobbyists to use and they'll sell you what you want. Typically they'll have three four offerings. Pick the cheapest one because you're just learning. Some of their components are not in stock and getting them requires waiting. Just click on one of the other part numbers. It'll cost a little more but most of this stuff just isn't that expensive. I already had enough tools to get by so all I needed was components. My order was only a little over thirty dollars with shipping! I'll probably order more, but this is enough to keep me busy for quite a while. I'd say-- no more than twenty dollars more will have me through the book including the robot cart. Maker's Shed has kits you can buy. One of them is about a $100 for the first few experiments, the other one is about $150. If money's no object, and you want to be sure you have every thing, you can go that route. Omit the experiments you don't need but read every word. This is a great book, a great "system", if you want to learn electronics and you're starting from ground zero (like me).
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"Brandy being Brandy, he has waxed philosophical and historical about the allusions to culture and even literature," said Ayers' editor, Randall Williams of NewSouth Books.
In "The 2013 BCS National Championship," Ayers describes the similarities between football and war. For example, he credits Hannibal with inventing the first sucker play, which his army used against the Romans in the Battle of Cannae in 216 B.C.
In both football and warfare, Ayers argues, strong commanders are imperative.
"It's not just muscle," he said of the sport in an interview to discuss the book. "It's muscle and wit and good luck and preparation and planning and exemplary leadership."
Ayers also argues that despite serving as a moral equivalent of war, college football became an instrument of peace in the segregated South.
After a 42-21 defeat by the University of Southern California in 1970, the Crimson Tide started on a path of integration. And Ayers said that whites and African Americans sharing the same jerseys played a significant role in changing a segregationist mindset in Alabama.
"Victory can displace the most hardened prejudices," he wrote.
Wayne Flynt, a historian and author of "Alabama in the Twentieth Century," agreed that the role college football played in integration cannot be overlooked.
"It was one of the first areas in which they (the players) were valued for their performance and not the color of their skin," he said.
Flynt said, however, that he worries the sport has changed into a new type of segregation, with an almost all-white stadium and a majority African-American lineup.
In his book, Ayers argues that success of teams like Alabama has helped mend insecurities long held by Southerners over the Jim Crow era. He quoted a Louisiana State fan who summed up the feeling: "If we're No. 1, it's usually for something bad."
In his book, Ayers writes, "You have to be born Southern, inheriting the region's Manichaean history of unrepentant sins and unacknowledged defeats, to recognize the feeling."
Throughout the cultural commentary, Ayers also provides personal anecdotes of experiencing the sport with his father, Col. Harry M. Ayers — stories that would seem familiar to any Crimson Tide fan.
In the book, Ayers writes of college football, "All packed together, it is family, home, grade-school classmates singing 'God Bless America' joyously off key, the anxiety of the college freshman too soon becoming the nostalgia of an old grad. It is all of life's experiences that produce bursts of exultation and fits of despondency that define us — as football fans."
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Leslie H. and Florence Neumann of 221 W. Miller, Alpena, recently celebrated their 72nd wedding anniversary with many family and friends attending in the dining room at Tendercare-Greenview on Golf Course Road, where Leslie is now a resident. Snacks, punch, coffee, cake and ice cream were served.
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This is a nice dish. The creaminess of the orzo goes amazingly well with the acidic nature of the tomato and the alkaline nature of the olive. It's all about balance my friends.
Keep in mind this isn't an exquisite recipe. It'd be one I'd serve my family on a Saturday afternoon while they're in the living room watching DVD's. Think of it along the lines of a baked ziti.
You will, however, dirty up some dishes. So get your lazy family away from the DVD's long enough to have them clean up the kitchen.
- 16 oz orzo pasta
- 3 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1 cup chopped onions (about 1/2 of a medium-large onion)
- 2 cups chopped celery (5-6 stalks)
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 28oz can of whole plum tomatoes
- 1/2 lb of sliced and pitted Kalamata olives
- 1/2 lb of sliced provolone
- 1/2 lb of diced mozzarella
- 1 14 oz can of diced tomatoes
- fresh basil
- Italian Parsley (for Garnish)
Make the orzo as recommended by the directions on the box or bag. When complete, pour into a large mixing bowl and set aside.
Pre-heat your oven to 400 degrees F.
Meanwhile, in your largest skillet (or even a stock pot), heat up the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onions, celery and garlic, and cook until the onions just start to turn translucent. Add the pasta and fold in well.
Add the whole tomato and olives. Fold in well. Add 1/4 lb of the sliced provolone and 1/4 lb of the diced mozzarella. Mix in well. Spoon pasta mixture into 10″ by 15″ baking dish (a 4-qt dish if I recall correctly). Pour diced tomatoes over top of pasta and place remaining cheese on top of that. Dot with fresh basil sprigs. Place in oven for 30 minutes.
Remove from oven and allow to set for 5-10 minutes before cutting and serving.
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If there's one essential ingredient for a successful day or night at the theatre in New York, it's this: taking pleasure in discovery.If indulging your sense of wonder is what you're after, you've come to the right place. Theatre is a kick-start to the imagination, and nowhere do the jolts come faster and with more range of possibility than in New York City.
EPISODE 1: Theatre 101 with Julie Halston ("Choosing the Perfect Show")
In negotiating the ins and outs of this special world, it also helps, of course, to have some practical information. This guide is designed to address that need—to give you the lay of the land, to offer tips and suggestions, and to make your entry as easy as possible. Armed with these simple tips, you'll be primed to enjoy an experience as vital to the heartbeat of New York as the Knicks, the stock market and the E train.Let's start at the very beginning.What is Broadway?The center of the English-speaking theatre universe is a dazzling piece of real estate called Manhattan. The island is host to a dizzying array of theatres and theatre companies of all shapes, stripes and sizes. But while Broadway is the word most people associate with New York theatre, the plays and musicals that qualify as Broadway shows represent only a small fraction of the vast numbers of productions put on around the city each year.The demarcation is quite simple: A play or musical earns the right to call itself "Broadway" if it runs in one of the 39 theatres that are considered Broadway houses. The designation is a crucial one, for only the shows in these theatres are eligible for the Tony Awards, the coveted prizes awarded each June to the new shows of the previous 12 months.These 39 theatres are virtually all concentrated in 10 blocks of Manhattan's West Side between 41st and West 51st Streets. (A few, like the Vivian Beaumont at Lincoln Center and the refurbished Studio 54, are located just outside this unofficial theatre district.) Able to seat anywhere from 580 people (the Helen Hayes, on West 44th) to more than 1,900 (the Gershwin, on West 51st), they are for the most part the largest venues in which to see a theatrical production in New York.What is Off Broadway?Like a planet with multiple moons, New York theatre is a vast system with many distinct orbits. Off Broadway is a fascinating sphere unto itself. The name refers to a diverse assortment of smaller theatres and not-for-profit theatre troupes, located everywhere from the Upper West Side to downtown's TriBeCa and offering everything from Shakespeare to original American drama. (A few even operate in the outer boroughs.) While there is no precise formula for defining Off Broadway, the shows are usually in intimate spaces of between 99 and 500 seats. For every rule, though, exceptions exist: The Brooklyn Academy of Music, for instance, is an Off Broadway venue on the Brooklyn side of the East River with theatres of 2,100 and 870 seats.Production budgets and ticket prices tend to be lower than those of Broadway. This is, however, no reflection on quality. Off Broadway has evolved into the nation's most important incubator of new work, particularly new plays, and even in some cases new musicals. A good number of Broadway productions, in fact, begin life in the smaller playhouses of Off Broadway.What is Off-Off Broadway?"Off-Off Broadway" or "Indie Theatre" is yet another designation of professional production, applied to an even more adventurous group of offerings. The theatres are often small or unorthodox--converted storefronts or renovated garages, for instance, or even school auditoriums, but mainly they are in spaces called "black box theatres" (traditionally with the walls painted black to give optimal versatility to the designers) that seat between 40 and 99 audience members and have mostly short runs of two or three weeks, with a few offering continuous or extended runs.These uniquely intimate venues are peppered throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Harlem, the Bronx and New Jersey, but you'll find a generous number of them housed in traditional theatregoing areas like the Theatre District (the West 40s), the Garment District and Chelsea (West 30s and 20s), the East and West Village (14th St. to Houston) and SoHo (South of Houston), as well as in enclaves of downtown's Financial District.Off-Off Broadway is in fact the home of the majority of theatre artists working in New York today, with more than 300 small-venue producers presenting seasons each year. The quality of the work is on a par with any other theatre echelon in New York, with the added excitement of being close to the performers doing adventurous, memorable work. With ticket prices often lower than $20, you might even argue that Off-Off Broadway is the best ticket bargain in town.When can I go?Most Broadway shows operate on six-days-a-week schedules. (Monday is frequently a "dark" night, but some productions, taking advantage of a less competitive evening, choose to perform on Mondays.) Over the course of six days, most productions offer an eight-performance schedule.Evening performances typically begin at 8 p.m. (though on Tuesdays, some shows have taken to starting at 7 p.m.—a bonus for parents with babysitters on the clock). Wednesday matinees traditionally start at 2 p.m., and matinees on Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. or in some cases 3 p.m.Major Off Broadway companies for the most part mirror Broadway performance schedules. Smaller companies may be less predictable, concentrating the bulk of their runs on the weekends or even offering late-night performances at or beyond 10 p.m.It's an excellent idea to build some extra time into your travel plans, because the show will go on at the appointed hour whether you're in your seat or not. In most instances, theatres won't seat late arrivals until an appropriate lull in the proceedings, and this might consign you to standing in the back of the theatre for the first several minutes or more. (Not to mention make you an unwelcome inconvenience to other patrons when you do finally make your way to your seat.) Where can I find out more about shows?Online, in addition to www.tdf.org, there are a variety of sites--Playbill.com, Broadwayworld.com and Theatermania.com among them--to mine for a wealth of pertinent information. The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time Out New York, The Village Voice and New York magazine all publish detailed theatre listings. Additionally, many of New York's subscription theatres--Roundabout Theatre Company, Manhattan Theatre Club and Lincoln Center Theater, to name just a few--maintain their own websites, as do most major individual productions. By visiting these sites in addition to TDF's site, you can get a sense, for example, of whether a particular show would be suitable for children.How do I get tickets?Ticket buying options have expanded enormously over the years. You can still walk up to a theatre box office and inquire about a performance that day or, in the case of most Broadway and Off Broadway shows, some months in advance. (A box office will only sell you tickets to shows scheduled at that particular theatre.)On Broadway, there are two types of runs: open-ended and limited. A limited run is for a predetermined number of weeks, so if you're buying in advance, be aware of how long the show is scheduled to be around. Box offices will sell you at face value the best locations they have remaining at the price you're requesting. The most expensive seats usually are in the "orchestra" (which refers to the ground floor, at eye level with the stage, not the place where the musicians sit) and the front section of the "mezzanine," the tier immediately above the orchestra. Rear mezzanine seats and the seats on the next level above that, often referred to as the balcony, tend to be the lowest-priced. Many Broadway theatres post seating charts in the theatre lobby, so take a moment to look at the diagram before you pay for the seats.In this age of e-commerce, of course, you don't need to show your face at the theatre door until showtime. You can buy full-price tickets to Broadway and many Off Broadway productions through one of two online services, Telecharge and Ticketmaster. Some smaller Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions use Ticket Central or SmartTix.You can also buy tickets online directly from a production or theatre company Web site. All of the services mentioned above as selling tickets online also sell tickets by phone.
EPISODE 2: Theatre 101 with Julie Halston ("How to Buy a Ticket")
What if I buy tickets but can't go?Most tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable, although theatres do allow for refunds or exchanges under special circumstances, such as when an above-the-title star of a show is unable to perform. You should go to your point of purchase as soon as possible and ask if they can exchange the tickets for a later date. (NOTE: This applies ONLY to tickets purchased through theatre box offices; it does NOT apply to tickets purchased at the TDF Discount Booth or through TDF membership.)Where can I find deals and discounts?For same-day discounted tickets, Theatre Development Fund operates three TKTS Discount Booths: one located "under the red steps" in Father Duffy Square on Broadway and 47th Street; one at the South Street Seaport and the third in Downtown Brooklyn at 1 MetroTech Center on the corner of Jay Street and Myrtle Street Promenade. Tickets at discounts of up to 50% are offered for Broadway and Off Broadway shows on the day of performance. Some websites, such as Playbill.com and Theatermania.com, also offer advance discount tickets to a variety of Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions.What are previews?Sometimes you will hear that the show you are seeing is "in previews." What does that mean, can you go--and would you want to go?Previews are the customary performance period at the very start of a show's run, before the critics have been invited to see it. The preview period can amount to a couple of performances or several weeks' worth of shows, depending on the complexity of the production. (Broadway shows preview for longer periods than Off Broadway.) Ticket prices are rarely reduced for previews; it's safe to say that while refinements are certainly made to shows in previews, what you see on the stage during that period will not be markedly different from what the critics see.
EPISODE 3: Theatre 101 With Julie Halston ("Theatre Etiquette")
What do I wear?The days when people dressed up for the theatre are sadly in the past. Off Broadway has always been more casual than its uptown cousin, but now the Broadway dress code seems similarly relaxed. Not to discourage anyone who wants to get gussied up--you'll still see suits and ties in the audience, but you'll also see plenty of jeans and sneakers, not only at matinees but in the evening, as well. (The exception is a Broadway opening night, when an audience--most of it invited--may be asked to wear black tie.)When should I arrive?Most of the time theatres open their doors about 30 minutes before the "curtain" (even if there is no curtain--"curtain" is showbiz jargon for "start of the show"). If you've ordered your tickets by phone or online and haven't had them mailed to you in advance, you'll pick them up at the box office just before you enter. If it's a Broadway show on a Friday or Saturday night, be prepared for an extra bit of organized chaos: The crowds will be thick in and around the theatre.Can I get food or drink at the theatre?Most Broadway and some Off Broadway theatres have bars and concession stands, and they do a brisk business at intermission (though with increasing frequency, shows of roughly 100 minutes or less are doing away with intermissions). You're generally never supposed to bring food or drinks to your seat, though, nor from the street before the show (although you will find that water bottles can safely be smuggled in).What can I take home?You can't say the theatre leaves you empty-handed: Programs in New York theatres (unlike in, say, London) are free. Some Broadway shows also will sell glossy souvenir booklets chock-full of photos, production information and trivia, but the playbills that the ushers hand you as you enter don't cost a nickel. Some of the big musicals also have concession stands to sell T-shirts, mugs, keychains and other remembrances of the show you just enjoyed.After the show--now what?Have a drink or a dessert, of course--then go tell all your friends how much you loved it, and encourage them to get out and see more theatre!


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Tyrone Wright loves teaching the game of basketball to kids and now Wright, who most recently was the men's coach at Northampton Community College, has a new platform to teach the game.
Wright was approved by the Allentown School Board on Thursday night as the new girls coach at Dieruff where he replaces Steve Middleton who was not rehired after going 6-60 over the past three seasons.
After winning 10 games in the 2007-08 season, Dieruff has won just nine times over the last four seasons combined and has not qualified for the district tournament since 2001.
Wright remembers better times for the Huskies. He is a Dieruff grad, having played for Hall of Fame coaches Dick Schmidt and Terry German at the Allentown school in early 1970s.
He began his coaching career as an assistant at Allen in 1989 and was also an assistant at Dieruff before taking over as Allen's head coach from 1998-2000. He was then an assistant at Parkland before going to the college ranks and becoming the head women's coach at LCCC for the 2004-05 season and then the men's head coach at Northampton C.C. from 2006-09 where he was 71-19
Last season, he was an assistant men's coach at Penn State-Lehigh Valley.
Wright, who earned a bachelor's degree from Kutztown, an associate's degree from LCCC and a masters in sports management from American Public University, believes in the importance of academics.
"I believe in the three A's -- attitude, academics and athletic ability," Wright told me while coaching a team at the Select Competition Basketball League, a fall boys league. "Attitude is so important. You can have a kid with great athletic ability, but if he or she has a bad attitude, they're not going to go anywhere. And they won't go anywhere without academics either."
Wright recently began his own AAU program, the Smart Moves Basketball Academy based in Bethlehem. He is also a student success administrator and academic adviser at NCC.
As for his coaching blueprint, Wright said: "I want to get across that you have to share the basketball, play good defense and rebound. If you do those three things, then you have a chance to be successful."
Ed Minney played baseball and has dabbled in lacrosse, but has always loved ice hockey.
"I love the speed, how fast it is and the fact that there are no breaks." Minney said. "And I like goalie because you're the quarterback of the team. Your team's success depends on you."
Minney, a 16-year-old who attended Nazareth High last year, is on the fast track to success in the sport as a goalie.
In the past 18 months Minney was:
• Twice selected to the USA Warren Strelow Goalie Camp in Ann Arbor, Mich.
•Recognized as the top goalie at the USA Hockey Select 15 Camp.
•Played in the DC Capitals Midget Minor Team in the Tier 1 Elite League.
•Was selected and played in the inaugural Youth Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria.


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In late April, news of the rapidly spreading "swine flu" swept across the American media as few sudden stories do. As the outbreak jumped from a mysterious respiratory disease in Mexico to the threat of the first global flu pandemic in four decades, the press leapt in.
During the week of April 27 - May 3, the flu story, the most covered news event of the week, accounted for almost a third of mainstream media coverage, according to the News Coverage Index of the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism. That marked only the second time that a health-related story had become the No. 1 story in the American media since the Project began its weekly News Index in January 2007. From tracking the spread of the virus, to analyzing government response, to asking if the story had become sensationalized by the media, the U.S. press examined seemingly every angle of the story.
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Among the answers, according to a new study the Project conducted of media in different countries, is that the swine flu story got less coverage in U.S. newspapers than in some other nations' press, at least in relation to the number of people ill in those countries. The newspaper coverage here also was broader in nature and somewhat less alarmist.
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HAGERSTOWN, Md. - The Board of County Commissioners of Washington County, Maryland, is pleased to announce new-hire Terry Irwin as the county's project liaison. Under the direction of Assistant County Administrator Sarah L. Sprecher, Irwin will join the Department of Public Relations and Community Affairs and serve as a point of contact during the submission, review and permitting phase for commercial economic development projects.
As project liaison, Irwin will communicate status updates regarding new building and existing building expansion projects to ensure all parties are aware of design needs and requirements. Irwin will also facilitate and guide required project and plan approvals from state, permitting and funding agency authorities.
Previously, Irwin served as senior project manager with the Department of Engineering and Planning under the Division of Utilities and Solid Waste Management in Frederick County, Md. In this role, Irwin managed the concept, engineering, permitting, bidding and construction of six large-scale sewage/wastewater projects, a public water system and treatment facility, and a solid waste transfer station, among other projects delivered on time and under budget.
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